The Outfield

David Dellucci finally got released, I wonder if anyone will pick him up??? (He could always go to Houston and platoon with Jason Michaels!!!) Rafael Perez was called up to replace Dellucci on the 25 man roster for the weekend series against the Yankees. I'm guessing Tomo Ohka's stay will be short lived in the majors, especially if Travis Hafner is expected to come off the DL on Monday.

The Indians need to call up a 4th outfielder from Columbus with the subtraction of Dellucci and Grady Sizemore's arm trouble. That leaves Trevor Crowe, Ben Francisco, and Shin-Soo Choo. This would prevent Wedge from using guys Ryan Garko, DeRosa, and Jamey Carroll in the outfield. If Sizemore doesn't get better he really should be placed on the DL.

Josh Barfield needs to fill in the utility role. I would ratherBarfield be called up instead of Clipper's outfielders Matt LaPorta or Michael Brantely, they need more time in the minors and Crowe is alreay on the squad. Plus LaPorta was just up and he shouldn't be bounced around, he did that all last season with the trade, the olympics, and moving between double A and triple A.

Garko finally got to play 4 games in a row and whaddya know, the Indians won 4 games in a row. Although Garko went 0-3 on Thursday with 3 strikeouts while playing leftfield he was very productive in the first 3 games including 3 homeruns in 2 consecutive games. What does this tell us??? Give Garko more regular at-bats at first base, don't play him in the outfield. Also stop playing DeRosa in the outfield, play at him 2nd base and send Luis Valbuena to Columbus where he can play everyday.

Barfield and Carroll would be great to have on the bench together since they can play a lot of positions and are faster than the rest of the team.